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NAA: D1901, K1056, p. 82

Precis of case, 31 October 1941, in the Loveday Internment Camp internees files, Security Service, South Australia.

Precis of Case, 31 October 1941.

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NAA: MP70/1, 36/101/150, p. 14

Letter from Wolf Klaphake to the Commandant of Tatura 3D, 17 July 1942, in Wolf Klaphake's appeal against internment, in the files of the Australian Military Forces.

Letter from Wolf Klaphake to the Commandant of Tatura 3D, 17 July 1942.

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NAA: MP76/1, 1001, p.26

Purification of water by electric current: ground elevation of rectangular apparatus, 1942, in the inventions correspondence files of the Army Inventions Directorate.

Purification of water by electric current: ground elevation of rectangular apparatus.

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NAA: ST1233/1, N20785, p. 259

Letter from Wolf Klaphake to the Commandant of Orange Internment Camp, 29 July 1940, in the investigation files of the Investigation Branch, New South Wales.

In this letter from the Orange Internment Camp, Klaphake pledged himself unconditionally at the service of Australian authorities.

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NAA: ST1233/1, N20785, p. 290

Wolf Klaphake's sketch of a kiln for manufacturing charcoal, 5 September 1941, in the investigation files of the Investigation Branch, New South Wales.

Wolf Klaphake's sketch of a kiln for making charcoal.

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NAA: ST1233/1, N20785, p. 614

Wolf Klaphake to the camp commandant, 23 February 1943, in the investigation files of the Investigations Branch, New South Wales.

By 1943, Klaphake began to doubt that the authorities' appreciation of his technical and scientific expertise would lead to his release from internment. In this letter from February 1943, he said he would also be willing to work on a farm if required.

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